Long-Term Metformin Use May Increase Risk For Neurodegenerative Disease In Patients With T2DM, Study Indicates.

“Long-term use of the diabetes medication metformin may increase the risk for neurodegenerative disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM),” researchers found after following about “9,300 patients with T2DM in Taiwan for up to 12 years.” Specifically, “the risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD) or Alzheimer’s dementia was more than double during a 12-year period for those who took metformin vs those who did not – even after adjusting for multiple confounders,” the study revealed. The findings were presented at AD/PD 2017: International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.8bwObi_w5v0.O/m=m_i,pdt,t,it/am=tjiHkP_3_WGOGShLTTDM8P_55aTigz3f-__aP0COCn4G_pv9P-D_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABb1HAB/rt=h/d=1/rs=AHGWq9ATEu2AVgTob1NM6q8kU6nEV0s8uA